Environment Variables - Agno

Agno reads configuration from environment variables. The ones you are most likely to need:

Variable	Used by	Purpose
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	SDK	Key for the default model (`OpenAIResponses`) and the default `OpenAIEmbedder`
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `GOOGLE_API_KEY`, `GROQ_API_KEY`, …	SDK	Each model provider reads its own key. See the provider’s page in Models for the exact name
`OS_SECURITY_KEY`	AgentOS	Bearer token for security key authentication
`JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY`	AgentOS	Public key or shared secret for JWT verification
`JWT_JWKS_FILE`	AgentOS	Path to a JWKS file. Alternative to `JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY`
`AGENTOS_URL`	CLI	AgentOS URL for `agno connect`, `agno status`, and `agno tokens`
`AGNO_ADMIN_TOKEN`	CLI	Admin credential for `agno connect` and `agno tokens`. Falls back to `OS_SECURITY_KEY`
`AGNO_DEBUG`	SDK	Set to `true` to enable debug logging
`AGNO_TELEMETRY`	Agents, teams, workflows	Set to `false` to disable telemetry for these components. Configure AgentOS and eval telemetry per instance.

Setting a Variable

export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

$env:OPENAI_API_KEY = "sk-..."

set OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

These last for the current shell session. To persist a variable, add the export line to your shell profile (~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, or your PowerShell profile), or use setx on Windows.

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